Martin's Act at 200
The Martin’s Act at 200 radio documentary is a collaborative endeavor between Martin Rowe and the Culture & Animals Foundation and the writer Alex Lockwood. Episodes 1-3 were produced by Ryan Rhodes, with the voice talent of Ryan Rhodes, Ben Hunt, Sharon Eckman, EvaMarie Lindahl, Daneet Steffens, and Richard Martin MP dramatized by the one and only Peter Egan.
Our ambition in marking the bicentenary of Martin’s Act is to chart its history and legacy, and to generate new thinking and debate on the future of human–animal relations especially in regard to animals and the law. Join us as we speak to artists, activists, academics and others in charting a new path toward our just and sustainable future.
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- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
Episode 6: From Past To Future
The passage of Martin’s Act both expanded and delimited the interests and rights of nonhuman animals. It sanctioned—that ambiguous word that means both “to forbid” and “to allow”—(some) cruelty again…
Episode 5: Twenty Years of Change: 1962–1982
The early 1960s and 1970s saw a major shift in environmental consciousness and animal awareness, led by pioneering women—and in this episode we profile them all. The first was Rachel Carson, whose bo…
Episode 4: Dogs and Monsters
In this episode, we explore interrelated strands that connect the animal activism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We learn about the “monstrous veganism” of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (18…
Episode 3: Immediate Impacts
A piece of legislation is only as good as its enforcement, and, with no police force yet to call upon, Richard Martin characteristically took it upon himself to arrest individuals, prosecute them, an…
Episode 2: Passage of Martin's Act
Richard Martin was not the only parliamentarian with a passion for animal welfare. In this episode, we meet two more: Sir William Pulteney, who brought a bill against bull-baiting by dogs to the UK p…
Episode 1: Origins
Martin's Act at 200 Trailer
It’s 1822. In London, England, the city’s population is growing by the thousands. To feed them, sheep and cows from as far away as Scotland are driven through the streets to Smithfield meat market to…